Burladingen

Sister cities

• Ourém
• Le Plessis-Trévise

History

In 1849, Burladingen and the villages of and came under the dominion of the Kingdom of Prussia. They were assigned in 1850 to , one of the of Province of Hohenzollern. The Oberamt was dissolved in 1925 the three towns were joined in the new by Melchingen, , and , former possessions of the Kingdom of Württemberg ceded to Prussia in 1807. In 1973, as part of the , Hechingen's district was merged into the Zollernalb district. Hörschwag, was assigned to Reutlingen's district on 1 January 1973, but on 30 June 1974 was merged into Burladingen with the other townships. Burladingen was made an independent municipality in July 1978. In the evening of 2 June 2008, three women drowned in the Starzel, near Burladingen, following heavy rainfalls and flooding across south-western Baden-Württemberg. Around 600 people live in Killer, a part of Burladingen which became known nationwide in 2023. The district planned to accommodate 40 refugees in an empty pub there. At an information meeting, District Administrator Günther-Martin Pauli (CDU) was booed and an aggressive mood was expressed, fueled by the AfD member of the state parliament Joachim Steyer who was present.

Geography

The township (Stadt) of Burladingen is located in the Swabian Jura, specifically where the transitions into the western Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area varies from a low of Normalnull (NN) to a high of . The Federally-protected , Kornbühl, , , , and nature reserves are located in Burladingen's municipal area.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  852
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  810
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  783
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  747
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  739
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  537
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  529
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  478

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2013-07-20
  3 km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-16
  2 km S of Niederbüren, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-16
  1 km SSW of Niederbüren, Switzerland